I got 3 red rings of death but my xbox still works

eggplantman

I got the 3 red rings restarted my xbox and it works fine but why?

kin9pin

eggplantman wrote:

I got the 3 red rings restarted my xbox and it works fine but why?

That happened to me last week. Next day it was dead so I'd say yours is on its way out.

eggplantman

kin9pin wrote:

That happened to me last week. Next day it was dead so I'd say yours is on its way out.

where the rings on yours flashin mine were not

Nailz

First thing a glimmer of hope... then a kick in the nuts by kin9pin!

robinph

I got the rings the other day as well but it is now working again fine at the moment somehow. Got another year and a half to go with the warranty for it to fail completely though so not too bothered about it for now.

dazftw

A friend of mine got 3 rings.. turned it off and then turned it back on it was fine... but the next day was a different story.. wouldn't even turn on :rolleyes:

Dont be at yourself

Same thing happened to my first 360. It'll be dead within the week!

Nailz

I suggest you give it the last rights....

Stokolan

yeah its a sure sign the the 360 is on the way out. I got them on mine 1 day and it was grand for a while. then id get em again, after about 3 months it gave up and died!

fifth

Yup, had this too. Next day it was dead.

Gonzovision

Say goodbye.....Im on number 3......

eggplantman

gonzovision wrote: »

Say goodbye.....Im on number 3......

its still working

Why do people tolerate these problems with the xbox? If a similar problem happened with my PS3 that would be it. I would probably never use one again! Same with any other product, be it a tv or mp3 player or anything else.

Kenny_D

Deleted User wrote: »

Why do people tolerate these problems with the xbox? If a similar problem happened with my PS3 that would be it. I would probably never use one again! Same with any other product, be it a tv or mp3 player or anything else.

Because entertainment-wise, it's the best next gen console out there. And Microsoft are replacing them for free under the 3 year warranty. The consumer doesn't lose anything. Even the people who had to pay a fee before the increased warranty have received cheques in the post refunding them the money they paid. Looks like Microsoft do care. They are also rectifying the problems with the console

~Marky~

I gave up on the 360 after having 4 different ones sent out to me and they just kept breaking on me..think it was away being fixed more than I got to play it It just was not worth all the hassle of ringing Ups to collect it and then trying to tell someone whats wrong with it when most of them couldnt speak english very well..it really was a nightmare going through it..

GStormcrow

GStormcrow wrote: »

Because entertainment-wise, it's the best next gen console out there. And Microsoft are replacing them for free under the 3 year warranty. The consumer doesn't lose anything. Even the people who had to pay a fee before the increased warranty have received cheques in the post refunding them the money they paid. Looks like Microsoft do care. They are also rectifying the problems with the console

Yes but if Sony had similar hardware problems they would probably be out of the console market by now. I just find it hard to understand why microsoft seem to be allowed so much slack with their defective consoles, even if they are fixing them now.

Dont be at yourself

Microsoft's customer service and tech support is second-to-none, really. They were a bit reluctant to replace RROD consoles in the beginning, but now that it's a confirmed widespread problem, they're being more than fair about it all.

Unearthly

My Electricity went for 1 second the other day and immediately came back on and the 360 had the 3 red rings, restarted it and it was fine.

It won't die on me, i'm sure of it :cool:

xanthor

GStormcrow wrote: »

Because entertainment-wise, it's the best next gen console out there.

Exactly. For the time being (at least) it's the best of a bad lot.

dmigsy

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes but if Sony had similar hardware problems they would probably be out of the console market by now. I just find it hard to understand why microsoft seem to be allowed so much slack with their defective consoles, even if they are fixing them now.

What? Why would they probably be out of the console market by now? That makes no sense. They'd do the same things that MS are doing ; appease their customers as best they can.

I've been getting the three red rings from tie to time for the past year. A quick off/on sorts it though.